About NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago, officially known as WMAQ-TV, is a television station based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1948 as WNBQ, it was the third television station owned by NBC and the first in the United States to broadcast full-time in color. In 1964, the station adopted the call letters WMAQ-TV. It operates from the NBC Tower, a 37-story Art Deco-style building located in downtown Chic...